Static GK Test: May 29, 2022 - Bank Exams MCQ

• Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel Prize winner.
• She was 17 years old when she got the award.
• In 2014, she was the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Kailash Satyarthi of India.
• An Oscar-shortlisted documentary was also made on her named “He named me Malala”.
• Malala got educated in high school from 2013 to 2017 in England and currently, studying for a bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
• She founded the Malala Fund, an NGO, and she also co-authored the 2013 bestseller 'I am Malala'.

• Kumbh Mela is held every third year at one of the four places by rotation Haridwar, Allahabad , Nashik and Ujjain.
• The rivers at these four places are the Ganges at Haridwar, the confluence or Sangam of the Ganges and the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati at Allahabad, the Godawari at Nashik and the Shipra at Ujjain.

• Paithani is a cloth weaving style of Maharashtra.
• It is named after Paitan town in Aurangabad District. These are made up of Silk and are one of the most expensive cloth in India.
• It can be recognised by its unique design of oblique square design and a pallu with a peacock design. Plain as well as spotted designs are available. Among other varieties, single coloured and kaleidoscope-coloured designs are also popular.
• A Paithani Sari is a gold and silk sari. Silk was used in weft designs and in the borders, whereas cotton was used in the body of the fabric in these saries.

• World Fisheries Day is celebrated on 21 November every year.
• The day aims to highlight the importance of healthy ocean ecosystems.
• Fisheries play a vital role in the Indian economy as it contributes about 1.07% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

• The headquarters of World Archery Federation is located at Lausanne.
• The World Archery Federation is the governing body of the sport of archery. It was founded in 1931.
• It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, and is recognised by the International Olympic Committee.
• Presently it’s president is Ugur Erdener and Mario Sxarzella is it’s Vice President.

• Carnation or the clove pink is a Dianthus species flower and its scientific name is Dianthus caryophyllus.
• Dianthus caryophyllus is a herbaceous perennial plant.
• The flower has found mentioned in ancient literature as old as 2000 years, The term dianthus was coined by Greek botanist Theophrastus, and is derived from the Ancient Greek words for divine and flower.
• The carnation is also mentioned in Carl Linnaeus in his work Species Plantarum in 1753 by name of Dianthus caryophyllus.
• The wild carnation is found in the Mediterranean countries of Croatia, Greece, Italy, and Spain.

● Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan is the only Pakistani who was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1987. In 1984, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1967.

● The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. The first recipient of Bharat Ratna was C. Rajgopalachari, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, and C.V. Raman in 1954.

• Kyoto Climate Change Conference took place on 11 December 1997.
• The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement that aims at reducing carbon dioxide emissions and the presence of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere.
• The Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan in 1997.

• The national song of India, ‘Vande Mataram’ was composed in Sanskrit.
• The song was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
• Jana Gana Mana is the national anthem of India composed by poet Rabindranath Tagore.

Archery is the national sport of Bhutan. Archery was declared the national sport in 1971, when Bhutan became a member of the United Nations. Archery in Bhutan is a way of socialization, communication, and development of relations between people.